Bathing suit



March 30, 1937. w, DA 2,075,387

I BATHING SUIT I I Filed In. 11, 1954' IN V EN TOR.

BY i m ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 30, 1937 William Daniel, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor toGreenhill & Daniel, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., a corporation of New YorkApplication December 11, 11934, SeriaLNo. 756,937

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a new and improved bathing suit having athree-point suspension back.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an improved combinationbathing suit, consisting of a shirt portion, suitably attached totrunks.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved adjustable bustand back shoulderstrap construction.

Another object of my invention is to provide a garment of this type,which shall have a neat and ornamental appearance, and which is providedwith shoulder straps which can be readily applied, detached, andregulated.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the followingdescription and drawing which illustrates a preferred embodimentthereof.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved garno merit. Fig. 2 is arear elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a, sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The garment generally comprises a trunk portion I, a skirt portion 2,and a shirt portion 3.

The shirt portion 3 of the garment, extends to the stitches 4 and la,which follow a general concavo-convex contour, as shown in Fig. 1. Thetrunk portion of the garment is connected to the skirt portion 2, bymeans of the stitches 5 and 5a.

The shirt portion of the garment is made preferably of two pieces ofmaterial, which are sewed to each other along the central seam 6. Inorder to shape the shirt portion of the garment properly, cuts are madetherein, as indicated in Fig. 1, and the material is then sewed andgathered along said lines 20, and the material after having beengathered, is connected along said lines of cuts 20, by means of suitablestitches 20a. A V-shaped piece of material is cut out of the shirtmember along each line 2|), and when the edges of said cuts are sewedtogether by means of the stitches 20a, the shirt portion of the garmentis suitably shaped.

The side seams of the garment are formed by means of lines of stitches land la. Generally speaking, said lines of stitches, whenever provided inthe garment, may be connected by transverse loop stitches L, at theinterior of the garment.

Likewise the side edges of the shirt portion of the garment areinturned, and said inturned edges are connected to the body of theshirt, by means of lines of stitches .31). and 311a.

At its upper end, the shirtportion of the garment is provided with anotch. The upper ends of the shirt portion ofthe' garment are downwardlyturned, in order toform hems 9 The adjaceritends of said-hems terminateat the side edges or the shirt portion. The shirt portion of the:garment is also provided with a suitable lining- H, which is made of anythin and absorbent fabric. This fabric of the lining may be made ofcotton or the like, in order to prevent chafing. However the lining H:may be made of wool, if desired. The body of the suit isv preferablymade of elastic knitted material, but the lining. II; can be made ofwoven material, having little or no stretch, in order to maintain theshape of the shirt portion of the garment. The lower edge of. the liningl lis connected to the shirt member by means or the stitches 4 and 4awhich are connected at the inner surface of the. garment by means: ofstitch loops, as shown in Fig. 2'.

The upper ends of the lining are turned downward'ly with the face fabricof the shirt in forming hems-9', whose lower edges are connectedto thebody of the garment.

Before downwardly turning the face fabric and the lining, in order toform the hems 9, the upper edges of the lining I I are connected to theupper edges of the shirt members, by means of stitches which have a lineof loops La. The shirt 0 members and the lining are then turneddownwardly, in order to form the hems 9, and said hems 9 are connectedto the body of the garment by means of the stitches [0.

As shown in Fig. 2, the upper portion of the rear member of the skirt iscut so as to provide recesses l1, and tabs l2. Likewise, the material ofthe skirt is inwardly turned at its free edges at said tabs I2, in orderto provide edge portions 2a. The tabs l2 are provided with loops M, byinwardly turning the material of said tabs, and connecting said inwardlyturned end portions tothe bodies of said tabs, by means of stitches IS.

A cord or belt or strap R, made of any material and having any shape,serves as a combination halter and back shoulder-strap device. Ifdesired, I can use two-members R, which are tied to each other at theirupper ends by means of a knot IS. The member or members R are ledlaterally through the hems 9. Said member or members R are then ledthrough the loops [4, Said member or members R are then led in. oppositedirections through a loop which is formed by the downwardly turned tab36 of the rear member of the skirt. The bottom edge of tab 36 is turnedin and the turned edge thus formed is sewed to the rear member of theskirt. When the ends of the member or members R pass through the lastmentioned loop, they pass out of said loop or pocket in oppositedirections. The ends of the member or members R can then be connected atthe rear of the garment, by forming a suitable knot, or in any othermanner. If desired, the projecting ends of the member or members R canbe of suflicient length, so that the same can be passed around to thefront of the garment, and there tied, in order to provide an imitationbelt device, and to enhance the ornamental efiect. For this purpose, themember or members R can have a color which contrasts with the color ofthe garment. Likewise, the shirt members may have a color and designwhich contrasts with the color of the skirt portion of the garment.

The member R has a halter loop at its top, between the adjacentseparated ends of hems 9, and said halter loop which can be passedaround the back of the neck of the wearer. When the halter loop is inposition and the bottom ends of members R are pulled, the rear portionof the garment, which has the transverse tabs having the longitudinalloops or hems, is pulled around the body of the wearer, at or below theshoulders. Likewise the pull upon the longitudinal loops or pockets I 4pulls the shirt into proper position, above the waist line of thegarment. The pull at the top of the shirt or bib keeps it in properposition and produces an upward pull at the top edge of the shirt. Hencea very simple adjustment regulates all the essential parts of thegarment. The improved device also makes a belt unnecessary.

This device provides a back having a threepoint suspension, two of saidpoints being provided at M, the third point being provided by tab 36.When bathing suits are wet, they stretch in the width and shrink inlength. This stretch can be taken up by the members R, which can bepulled to provide the necessary adjustment.

Said members can be tied at the front or at the back of the garment. Ifdesired, the tabs I! can be located at the front of the body, and thelower ends of members R can then be tied around the neck of the wearer,in any convenient location, by pulling the bottom ends of members R outof the pocket formed by tab 36. This will permit taking a sun-bath, andthe bib of the garment will be held firmly in position.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clearthat numerous changes and omissions can be made without departing fromits spirit.

I claim:

A bathing suit having a skirt member and also having a shirt member andalso having trunks, the to portion of said shirt member havingtransverse hems, said hems having adjacent ends which are separated fromeach other, the outer ends of said hems terminating substantially at theside edges of the top of the shirt member, said bathing suit also havingtabs which are located below the topof the bathing suit and above thewaistline of the bathing suit, said tabs beinginwardly bendab1e,saidtabs having longitudinal loops at their inner ends, said longitudinalloops being located inwardly of the outer ends of said hems when thegarment is worn, said skirt member having a transverse loop at the topof the rear portion thereof, and a flexible halter member which islocated slidably in said hems, said halter member extending between theadjacent ends of said hems in the form of a loop which can be passedaround the neck of the wearer, said flexible halter member having itsfree ends passing through said longitudinal loops from the adjacentrespective outer ends of said hems, the ends of said halter member whichare located below said longitudinal loops passing in opposite directionsthrough the transverse loop, so that the free ends of the halter membercan be connected to each other below the loop of the skirt member.

WILLIAM DANIEL.

